Pakistan still long way off China Belt and Road goals after 10 years

$50bn for projects stalled as Islamabad and Beijing talk about CPEC 2.0

Happier times: Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, and former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in Islamabad in April 2015 when the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor was being set up as the flagship for Xi's ambitious Belt and Road Initiative. (Photo by Xinhua via AP)

ADNAN AAMIR

April 20, 2025 15:06 JST

ISLAMABAD -- The Belt and Road Initiative in Pakistan marks its tenth anniversary on Sunday with analysts and even some officials noting its slow progress and unmet goals because of security threats to Chinese nationals and weak national governance.